Welcome back to another instalment in our Vaping
101 series, designed to help new vapers get to grips with all things vaping,
whether that’s choosing the right e-liquid strength or decoding vaping jargon.

In
this week’s post we’re looking at the four essential research studies all
vapers need to know - and while these might be of particular interest to new
vapers, we really think they should be on every vaper’s radar.

Unfortunately
there’s a lot of misinformation around vaping so when it comes to consuming the
news we can’t stress the importance of doing your own independent research.
Never just take one source’s word as the gospel truth so make sure you get your
vaping news from more than one source and fact check any breaking news before
you make up your mind about it.

We
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Now,
let’s take a look at four research studies that changed the landscape of vaping
forever:

Vaping Can
Improve Lung Function

Written by Riccardo Polosa and published in BMC Medicine, this study compared lung function in vapers and smokers and came
to a staggeringly positive conclusion in favour of e-cigarettes:

“Compared to combustible cigarettes, e-vapor
products are at least 96% less harmful and may substantially reduce individual
risk and population harm… Although large longitudinal studies are warranted to
elucidate whether ECs are a less harmful alternative to tobacco cigarettes and
whether significant health benefits can be expected in smokers who switch from
tobacco to ECs, the emerging evidence that EC use can reverse harm from tobacco
smoking should be taken into consideration by regulatory authorities seeking to
adopt proportional measures for the e-vapor category.”

Vaping is Not a
Gateway

Written
by Lynn T. Kozlowski and Kenneth E. Warner, and published in
Drug and Alcohol Dependence, this study looked at
whether e-cigarettes have the potential to ‘renormalise’ smoking amongst young
people.

Additionally,
a number of medical experts were asked to weigh in on the issue in a feature
published by
Science Media Centre. Professor Peter
Hajek, Director of the Tobacco Dependence Research Unit and Queen Mary
University had the following to say:

“In both the US and the UK, access to
e-cigarettes has been accompanied by an unprecedented decline in youth smoking.
Access to vaping does not generate an increase in smoking.”

Vaping is 95%
Safer Than Smoking

This
landmark study reigns supreme as one of the biggest studies into vaping and
harm reduction. Published in April 2016 by the Royal College of Physicians, the
study was titled ‘Nicotine without smoke: Tobacco harm reduction’ and shared
findings on the harm reduction benefits of vaping.

Some
of the highlights include:

“The hazard to health arising from long-term
vapour inhalation from the e-cigarettes available today is unlikely to
exceed 5% of the harm from smoking tobacco.”

“There are concerns that e-cigarettes will
increase tobacco smoking by renormalising the act of smoking, acting as a
gateway to smoking in young people, and being used for temporary, not
permanent, abstinence from smoking.

However, the available evidence to date
indicates that e-cigarettes are being used almost exclusively as safer
alternatives to smoked tobacco, by confirmed smokers who are trying to
reduce harm to themselves or others from smoking, or to quit smoking
completely.”

Secondhand Vapour
is Not a Concern

Published
by Igor Burstyn in BMC Public Health back in 2014, the study was titled:
Peering through the mist: systematic review of what the chemistry of
contaminants in electronic cigarettes tells us about health risks.

The
study concluded that e-cigarette vapour does not contain contaminants that are
cause for concern if inhaled by a passerby.

“Current state of knowledge about chemistry
of liquids and aerosols associated with electronic cigarettes indicates that
there is no evidence that vaping produces inhalable exposures to contaminants
of the aerosol that would warrant health concerns by the standards that are
used to ensure safety of workplaces.”

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There’s a lot of information above to take in
but we hope you find some value in these research studies and they answer some
of the bigger questions about vaping and harm reduction that you might have. If
you have any queries as a result of these research papers then please don’t
hesitate to
get in touch with our friendly team today.

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